The Shad Family

[Norman]

Well the weathers rubbish so what else to do .....

For the many that have have shown interest here is a little rundown of the current Slinky Family of plastic lures ... well, the seas too big to fish anyway so the igarage always looks a good bet ...

Slinky Kate ......... hence the code SK-xx




Firstly a couple of copies of existing Lures ... to get sorted with the process, we no longer cast these now and prefer to make our own designs




SK-1 a small Shad and from the first carving by Tony ...




SK-2 a slightly bigger shad .. From Myself




SK-3 an altogether bigger shad




SK-4 A Twintail .....




SK-5 A Grub ... aimed at wreck fishing




SK-6 A rather Plumper Shad this one again carved by Tony




SK-7 smaller Grubs aimed at the spring run of close in codling




Then , the full Family to date




To add to these I currently have two moulds in the final cure condition one a Large Twintail the other a gummie mac with the line moulded the full length of the lure, and I hear Tony is whittling away during the bad weather spell look forward to that one.

Roll on the decent weather I'm going stir (shad) crazy
I hope this is of some interest ...

Cheers

norm

[Scotty91]

Amizing Norman lovlie work yous have dune keep it up ;D

[The Jester]

Thats quite a collection now Norm, some great looking shads and grubs
Bet you cant wait to try them out

[Karl M]

Very good, what are the moulds made out of?

[Norman]

Very good, what are the moulds made out of?

Hi Karl,

have a look here ........
How To Make Your Own Shads - NESA - North East Sea Angling - Sea Fishing UK

cheers

norm

[david.northeast]

Well done lads they look fantastic

[Falcone]

Brilliant norman, some profesional looking lures right there.

[amblecol]

Would like to see your gummimac version, with the hook moulded in?

[Norman]

Would like to see your gummimac version, with the hook moulded in?

haha col, the gummie mac is with you in mind , you know what I mean
probably the most difficult mould to date due to the bend and the angled hook and the limited volume of material, but we'll see ..... might take a few tries to perfect it ......
I'm trying to mould the hook and the line all the way up the middle of the gummie to an external swivel, problem I think is going to be keeping the hookeye in the middle of the plastic body, I'm hoping the hook support will hold it .... but we'll see....

fingers crossed, will know results of first attempt this week


norm

[amblecol]

I think its keeping the lure bent so it spins properly, and the swivel, a must have because of the spinning.10/0 is the biggest I use and hot orange is a good colour!

[lingking]

aaahhh nnooooo not another POLLACK MASSACRE coming up

[amblecol]

aaahhh nnooooo not another POLLACK MASSACRE coming up

You never know! just another 3 months, I can blame it on Norman anyway!!

[Ian Alexander]

Hello,
First class work, real quality.....fish catchers every one of them and how good will it feel when you and Tony start pulling in fish on them.

(Rabone Chesterman rule too...only the best).

Regards Ian

[The Great Wallsendo]

Got a few more WIPs from the Wallsend lab...the large grub/shad hybrid I started today...the two shads have been going for a couple of weeks and the twin tail thingamajig happened by accident - but I quite like it

Bit more fine sanding and I'll be presenting them to the approvals committee (The Skipper )

[Karl M]

Hi Karl,

have a look here ........
How To Make Your Own Shads - NESA - North East Sea Angling - Sea Fishing UK

cheers

norm

cheers Norm,

Some craftsmanship and time must have went in to the models!

Might have to give it a try some day